Gentle shepherding : pastoral ethics and leadership / Joseph E. Bush, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bush, Joseph Earl, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clergy--Professional ethics.

Clergy.

Pastoral care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Named One of the Top Ten Books for Parish Clergy for the year 2006 by the Academy of Parish Clergy! Gentle Shepherding offers a rare balance in an introduction to pastoral ethics, one that identifies deeply with the pastoral vocation and brings it into conversation with a developed body of ethical theory. The goal of the book is to equip seminarians and pastors with conceptual resources for clarifying moral responsibility in the practice of ministry. This responsibility includes three levels: the minister as a moral agent in offering care; the minister as a moral enabler in encouraging virtue in others; and the minister as a moral leader in facilitating congregational life and witness in society. Helping ministers and seminarians to think anew about their responsibilities and the moral quandaries in pastoral practice, Gentle Shepherding integrates theory with practice, providing case material for further reflection and discussion and at least one case study or exercise associated with each chapter.

Contents:

Moral self in community : introduction to the moral life

Working gently : nonmaleficence in ministry

Permission for mission : informed consent in pastoral ministry

Keeping faith I : veracity as not lying

Keeping faith II : veracity as truth-telling

Confidentiality in care

Vocation I : creation and community

Vocation II : church and ministry.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8272-1265-8